Syracuse Herald:
Cold rain froze on contact with the city's streets causing widespread disruption of transporta-
tion. Officials estimated more than 200 breaks in the telephone lines between Fulton and Oswego,
no available service out of Watertown, and gangs of linemen working near Mannsville and
Pulaski. In addition to towns previously mentioned, Schuylerville and Greenwich were com-
pletely isolated. Orchards were severely damaged and transportation crippled by glaze in western
Ontario. The worst damage was experienced in London where hundreds of miles of poles and
lines were toppled and the damage was estimated to be in the neighborhood of 0,000. The
Niagara area also suffered severe orchard damage.
December 2930, 1942
CT, MA, VT, NH: glaze storm of severe intensity sharply attacked mid portions
of MA and adjoining portions of CT, VT and NH
damaged trees, poles and wires, impeded transportation
NY: one of the most severe glaze storms of record
extended from Canadian border south to Orange and Sullivan Counties
ice diameter >6" on wires in western Albany County
hard hit along the St. Lawrence Valley; ice on phone wires as thick
as a man's wrist
no computer-archived weather data
(summary from Climatological Data 1942)
On the 27th of December, continuing through the 30th, one of the most severe ice storms of
record moved into the eastern half of New York. Severe icing occurred in the area from the
Canadian border south to Orange and Sullivan counties. South of the Adirondack Mountains the
glaze was severe only at elevations over 900 ft. Albany itself was not affected by the storm, but
in the higher elevations in the western portions of Albany County, ice accretions on overhead
wires were more than 6 in. in diameter. Along the St. Lawrence Valley the coating of ice on tele-
phone wires was reported to be as thick as a man's wrist. Between 500 and 1000 telephone poles
were down in the center of the storm region, 9600 houses were without power, and in Ogdens-
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